dan skiing
All done And that was a boat ride late Sunday afternoon. Love, Val aka Grandma
dan
a fine sunday
They were cooking the fish they caught. The guy in the blue shirt asked me quite directly, “How do people know what animals taste so good?” I didn’t even know what to say. This is a first experience of a direct connection with this, not meat from a package. I told him I didn’t know
tomorrow is the day
So tomorrow Dan and Alicia will become the owners of that red cabin. It came up for sale this summer, and these opportunities arise unpredictably, so they had to go for it. (And these pictures are lopped off too, so click on them to see the full size if you want to.) We had
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happy birthday, alicia
Your birthday looks like an exceptional summer day. Thank you for being ours, for your sense of humor and patience, your support and encouragement to all of us, young and old. We are so glad you’re ours. Lucky little old us. Happy Birthday, Beautiful Girl Love, Val, Jay, and Everybody.
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an incredible photo
It’s a picture of John and Dan in conversation, burning the stump along the shore, framed by the most amazing after storm clouds. Alicia took this picture, and wow. Just wow. Love you all so dearly, MOM
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so cold
All the plants are ready to go. They’ve taken over the kitchen. We take them outside in the daytime for sunlight and water and bring them inside again. Lovely Minnesota springtime. GAWD We bought a lot of these plants as a fundraiser for the kids’ school. These pictures from Alicia tonight made me laugh. I
springbrook nature center
I’ve been missing these kids quite a bit, so they agreed to meet outside, safely distance and go for a walk around the nature center. It was almost 70 degrees out, perfect day for a walk in the woods. They were very squirrely and silly, lots of energy. At one point we entered a memorial
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happy birthday, miss O
Look at you, back when you were first born. I told someone you had eyes like sapphires, and I wasn’t even exaggerating. Five years of YOU. How is this even possible? It feels like you’ve been here the whole time. We love you like crazy. Happy Birthday, beautiful girl. Love, Grandma and Grandpa and Everybody
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